feared / fyrd [fi:rd]
feared – v. past tense of fear – 1. feel fear; 2. feel anxiety or apprehension; 3. apprehend, have uneasy expectation; 4. hesitate, shrink from; 5. show reverence towards
fyrd – n. – 1. the national militia in England prior to the Norman conquest; 2. the duty to serve in the fyrd